Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 26, 2023

Good morning™, everyone!

State troopers bearing the names of the creators of Superman — I presume that #1 Superman fan Mike is back.

here we go again with the fan nerdy-ness…

now it’s Superman’s creators…

Ahh, new beginning, new story, new characters, new Shelley drawn elongated Tracy finger,

Life is good!

What else besides “digging for gold” can Tracy do with that Mr. Stretch finger of his???

A superhero story arc would be a welcome relief after that last one.

On the day after Christmas, we get a visit from 2 very talented officers (?) that seems to have nothing whatsoever to do with the late, unlamented Xaviera, and with the second strip in a row to not have the “guest writer: Eric Costello” credit, it appears we’ve reached the start of a new story. When I’m convinced that a new story’s started, I go over to the Dick Tracy Wiki and update the page I created, “List of Dick Tracy stories available on GoComics”, naming the story and providing a start and end date. I normally name the story after the main villain, so here it is:

Xaviera Libris (September 17-December 24)

I also noted it was written by guest writer Eric Costello.

The only other thing I have to add here, is that normally when there’s a standalone strip (or Minit Mystery) that’s directly in between 2 main stories but not really a part of either one of them, like yesterday’s Christmas strip, I normally place the standalone at the end of the earlier story. I didn’t do that this time because I believe in giving unto Costello what belongs to Costello and giving unto Curtis what belongs to Curtis.

Good morning™, fan boys and girls !*

Well we know who’s back at the helm !  LOL !  The graphics are curiously interesting or is it just M.C.’s choice of “paints” ?

What gems or questions will they convey to Tracy and will it involve garage guy or some criminal stuff being done by the escaped Yetti and that other guy ?

I see Tracy has a new hat and his hand mended quickly. Must have been a leather case. The wonders of modern medicine plus a good health plan.

Has Tracy’s city ever been revealed, or is it like The Simpsons’ Springfield?

Somehow Siegel and Shuster did not just happen to drop by the station. Time will tell what it’s all about. Take them out to lunch, Tracy. Don’t have them take up the practice of sitting around the squad room drinking coffee.

So what are the co-creators of Superman doing in Tracy’s town?

Panel 2, Tracy is actually smiling!

I’m already done with this story…Mike had, what, three months and THIS is what he comes up with?

PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE PTB, GIVE US A MERCY KILLING AND PUT AN END TO THIS NONSENSE!!

Steffihawk has pursed lips down cold.

Hey, aren’t those the names of the creators of Superman?? Good thing I fancy myself as a comic book & strip historian on the amateur side!!

Robert Crumb on line 4.

New story . Let’s see how it goes .

Xaviera continues her bloodbath by taking on Superman – with a book.

Really?

Nice to see Ms. Steffihawk again.

MOVIE QUOTE—-“Everything is what no man should ever want”

Walter Huston—-DRAGONWYCK—1946

Two Supermen. Nice

in p1, Ms. Steffihawk looks like Thelma from Scooby-Doo…

We all know who Jerry and Joe are named after, don’t we?

The creators of Supeman?

will Clark Kent stop by?

Yay! Will the Sup stop by?

Those two are still alive? And how does Superman fit into this?

Nobody’s mentioned that Mike is BACK!!!

I’ve been re-reading the Jojo Nidle freight train theft st ory from 1938.

That guy could give Steve The Tramp lessons in “unshaven psychotic behavior”

Ladies and gentlemen hang on to your seats it’s going to be a bumpy ride!

Didn’t know they were “lawmen,” but always great to see those comic greats mentioned.

If you didn’t recognize those names, you’ve lost all your cred, Av09.

How will Xaviera Libris fit into all of this? Stay tuned…

Creators of Superman are here.

Another homage coming up, I see. It will be interesting to see where this one winds up.

Lemme guess… Metropolis PD?

Wonder if this storyline will involve Kandikane’s sister Lois and maybe Margo?

A pair of country cops with the same name as Superman’s creators?Mile and Shelley have them u[ to something.

New Story! And it appears that Mike is back at the scriptorium!

But what are Cleveland creators of Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, doing in Tracyville, in what appear to be State Trooper uniforms? And why was Tracy expecting them without having informed Ms. Steffihawk beforehand? (Yes, of course I know that these are not those “Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster,” but the coincidence is pretty blatant. We also know that Mike Curtis is the “third largest collector of Superman memorabilia in the U.S.,” and has been exhibiting and writing about Superman since 1973, per Wikipedia).